Boot or shoe heel.



PATBHTED JULY 17, 1906.

J. R. HAUPBNTHAL. B091" 0R SHOE HEEL.

LPYLZOATIOI FILED HA3. 8. 1905.

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PATENTED JULY 1?, 1906.

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JOSEPH ROBERT HAUPENTHAL, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

BOOT OR SHOE HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 2, 1905. Serial No. 248,164.

Patented July 17, 1996.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osErHRonsnT HAUP- ENTHAL, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Auburn, in the county of Cayuga. and State of New York, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Boot and Shoe Heels,

of which the following is a'specificetion.

My invention relates to articles for feetwear, like boots and shoes, in which the heels of the same are provided with rubber to re lieve the jar consequent upon walking or 0th rwise; and the objects of my improveme t are to furnish bootand shoe heels with a. iece or section of rubber that may be readily and permanently attached thereto,

while of less weight and of less expense than" the ordins so-ealled rubber heel, and that shall 0 er no impediment to the wearer from the catchin of corners over and above that afforded by t is heels of boots or shots as" ordinarily made and without, any rubber at tachment.

I attain the objects above named by the arrangement of parts shown in the drswin forming a. part of this specification, an which Figure 1 is a. side view of a. portion of a boot or shoe with the lifts of the heel thereon shown in section and my improvement sttsched thereto. Fig. 2 is a. view of the bottom part of the heel shown in Fig. 1 and illustrates the form or shoe of the rubber section attached thereon.

lg. 3 is a view of my improvement detached From the heel of the boot or shoe and shows the flop or flelr ige W1". 4 is a. view similar to Fig. 3, but shows sni d rubber section provided at its rear end with countersunk screw-holes for additional fosfening of the same in place on the said heel of the boot or shoe when deemed expedient. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the flop or flange, the dotted lines therein showing the position of the rubber section with relation to the some.

Similar reference-figures refer to similar parts in the several views.

Referring to i, I shows the vamp or front of the boot or shoe; 2, the quarter or counter; 3, the shank, and 4 the several lifts comprising the heel of the same, which are attached in the ordinary way and which need no further description.

As usually constructed, the socalled rubber hee covers the entire bottom of the last or bottom lift, being secured thereto by screws or nsils passing in holes provided for steeles and that purpose the some. Usuellythe said rubber heel is of'the thickness, more or less,

The corners of the rubber heel at the forwtirdf l end are constantly liable to catch against-ob {7'9 7 erwise to annoy the wearer, while the bottom or tread surface of the sam owing to its elasticit ,is apttoimpede mov ment, especially in ancing or gliding on the; j

oer. My improvement tends to mit ate,"if' not. wholly eradicate, the obiectionab e features; j mentioned by providing a. section of rubber. 5; which may have a roughened or corru-f.

' s'ted tread, if desired, provided WithIafiSo.

bon re or flop 6, which holds the former in-de siren place on the bottom of the heel of the boot or shoe. The said section ofrubberb is preferably of the form I have shown in the several figures and is placed on the rear end 8 5 of the heel, the flange or flap 6 being u per most. The said sectiopjofiuhhemnd the lan e or flap 6, d:- wil c evldent, may be mad e each separate from the other and suitably ccmen ted together, or the two members 0 may be formed in a single homo eneous piece of rubber. In such case it will 9 seen a choice of material for the flan c or? may be had, which can be of lost. or we hing, Oren Y stock suitable for the u iposw'gg and its this ness regulated to meet; '0 e needs of the case. The space left at the forward end of the heel is fitted or filled in by a section cl leather 7, (see Figs. 1 and 2,) the rear end of'which conforms to and fits the shape I00 or contour of the forward end of said rubber section 5, and being. of the same thickness thus presents 8 smooth and unbroken surface for the bottom of theheel.

The several parts named are preferably 10 5 adjusted and fastened on the heel ofthe boot or shoe in the following manner: The flan e appropriately the sectional lift, already described, may, if so desired, be cemented in place against the bottom of the said flan e or flap 6 and further secured to the whole y a row or rows of nails 8 at either side thereof. The several parts described being thus arranged and secured in desired place, it will be observed that when the flap or flan e and the rubber section are formed of a sin e piece of 'rubber the former offers a yielding and protected cushion over the entire area of the heel above said rubber section, while the tread of the latter at the rear of the heel provides, primarily, the elasticity and spring at the point most desiredthat is, where the outer end of the heel strikes the ground or floor first-and there being no rubber exposed forwardly the usual catchings of the zorners, as has been mentioned, are avoided.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the rubber section 5 )rovided rearwardly with three countersunk 1oles 9, which, if deemed desirable, may be itilized for the further security of the same in the heel, although in practice it has been 'ound that the cementing and peggin of the lange or la of the same is amply sufficient. it will also l ge seen that should the said ruber section bulge or swell beyond the edge of he lift above less trimming of the same will e required than where the rubber covers he entire surface of the heel.

It will be evident from my description of he several parts and their arrangement and elation to each other that a saving of rubber 5 had, as well as less time and trouble in ilacing the same on the heel. Where my mprovement is placed on the heels of footwear in large quantities, it will be found the I nails fastening the leather piece 7 may be driven in a egging-machine after the usual method.

Having thus described my improvement and the several parts com rising the same, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A heel for boots and shoes comprised in its entirety of a section or rubber and a flap secured thereto and projecting therefrom, the former having its rear end rounded and having two side portions which extend inwardly from oints substantially midway the combined engths of the rubber section and flap, to a common point located adjacent the termination of said flap, and a section of leather sha ed to correspond to the side portions of sair rubber section and in intimate contact therewith, whereby the joint between said leather and rubber is formed at points sub stantially central of the length of the heel, and wherein the rubber gradually decreases to a single central point as the front of the heel is approached, the outer faces of said leather and rubber being flush with one another whereby a walking tread is formed of substantially half leather and half rubber, the rubber being nailed to the lift of the boot or shoe heel, and the leather being nailed to the rubber and said lift.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH RUBERT llAUlENTllAL.

Witnesses:

FRANK. R. RA'IHBUN, SIDNEY J. VVEsTFALL. 

